I think the only way we'll ever see a legitimate third-party candidate is if both the democrats are running extreme candidates... You would need someone who would pull just as many democratic voters away as they would republican voters.

It would almost have to be something as absurd (I hope) as Santorum vs. Pelosi.

My favorite right-wing loon meme is when they say how stiff the penalties are for illegal immigrants in North Korea or Afghanistan or Iran, while in America we give them free hotels and cable or something like that ... which basically is wistfully pining away for America to be like North Korea and Afghanistan and Iran. Or probably even China.